Members' Tips: Bottle and breastfeeding
 Everyone's
got their own suggestions about feeding your baby during the first year
of life.
If you're a confused 1st-timer - or just found
you're up against a a problem you've never experienced before - our members
have been there, done that, and have the (milk-stained) t-shirt to prove
it.
Baby won't take a bottle?
'Maybe your baby will move straight from
breast to feeder cup and skip the bottle altogether. I have a friend whose
son didn't want a bottle and she tried all kinds of teats. He moved from
breast to training cup.'
Thanks to Raisingkids' Member anjp
'You have to remember that your child won't starve
if she has to wait, and if she is that thirsty she will eventually take
something.'
Thanks to Raisingkids' Member Lisa
'I used to get someone else to give her her bottle
so she wouldn't smell my milk and I also pumped a few bottles prior to
that to try during the day. Once she gets used to not smelling the breast
milk it makes it easier.'
Thanks to Raisingkids' Member Shaz1966
Can you mix
breastmilk and bottles?
'I now feed bottles from 10am and breast from 9pm. Which means I can leave
Torin with someone to feed him and at night I still have the luxury of
ready made milk!'
Thanks to Raisingkids' Member ukhowell
Top tips for breast-feeding
'My personal top tips are hand express
(much more efficient) keep sterilized bottles in the freezer and top up
with your cooled breast milk until you have enough for a feed. Remember
that that supply equals demand - express a little and often and give your
body chance it'll need a couple of days to catch with its new demand.'
Thanks to Raisingkids' Member GOLDIE
Share your own breast-feeding tips!
If you know a great tip that we've missed,
why not let us know?
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